The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 17, 1962
Waning Gibbous
63.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 PM
12:39 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.6%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 493
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.3° / 288.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 47m / 18.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.19° / 0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.37° / -0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.27° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.